IBM Connections Contest has been extended

Posted by Niklas Heidloff on June 6, 2013

OpenNTF has extended the deadline for the
submissions of the IBM
Connections App Dev Contest until
November 3rd. This gives developers the chance to work with the new Social
Business Toolkit SDK which has
an updated JavaScript API, new documentation, API snippets and both XPages
and Java support in the Playground. It also allows them to the free
trial of the IBM Collaboration
QuickStart image which is offered by IBM SmartCloud Enterprise. The image
comes with IBM Connections pre-installed to make it easier for developers
to start developing for Connections.

All types of OpenNTF projects can be nominated that utilize IBM Connections.
This includes the following areas, from simple gadgets to full blow applications:
- iWidgets for IBM Connections
- OpenSocial Gadgets for IBM Connections
- Accessing IBM Connections via the Social Business Toolkit SDK
- Accessing IBM Connections via the Connections REST APIs
- Customization solutions for IBM Connections

In addition to the trial IBM SmartCloud image developers can also use the
free shared Appathon
image and other Connections test
environments like IBM Greenhouse.